May 1, 2024

Call to Order 

• Lydia called the meeting to order at 4:11 PM.

Roll Call 

#	Last	First	Present	Late	Absent	Online	Left Early	Excused	Vote
1	Wong	Lydia	X
2	Tsang	Isaac	X				x (6:19)
3	Rasyad	Izat		X
4	Rabbani	Hannah	x				x (6:10)
5	Khieu	Katelyn
6	Shaikh	Asiya	X
7	Ng	Joel	X
8	Gomez Tagle	Javier	X
9	Aguilar	Arianna		X
10	Ang	Ian	X
11	Naung	Ted	X
12	Cheng	Megan	X				x (7:59)
14	Furagganan	Benjamin	X
15	Kuppa	Virinchi	X
16	Lee	Leondre	X				x (6:19)
18	Lopez	Christopher Blu	X
19	Mundanilkunathil	Aaron						X
	Nam	Eddie	X
21	Randhawa	Reeya	X
22	Sedgwick	Adrian		X
23	Sheriff	Jannah	X
24	Tandiary	Jason	X
25	Turangan	Nicholas	X
26	Wang	Kate	X
27	Fernandes	Matthew	X
28	Rios	Daniela	x				x (6:10pm)
29	Estrada-Nakamatsu	Matsuko	X
30	Nam	Eddie	X
31	Shamarao	Anish	X
32	Ku	Javin	X
33	Ho Li	Chun	X
	Paliska	Luca	x
	Ozturk	Aura	x
	Sharma	Aditya	x
	Bravo	Katia	x
	Hon	Veronica			x
	Wang	Phoebe	x
	Ozaki	Michi		x (4:28)
	Huang	Jin			x
	Li	Iris	x

Approval of Minutes

• Ted moved to approve the minutes from April 24, 2024; Seconded by Leondre, no objections. 

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Public Comments

• Daniel Orta: Reinforced the importance of good manners and student conduct. 
• David Orta: Reinforced the importance of good manners and student conduct. 

Please Note: This segment of the meeting is reserved for members of the public to address the DASG Senate on any matter of concern that is within the legislative jurisdiction of the Board. A time limit of two (2) minutes per speaker shall be observed. The law does not permit any action to be taken, nor extended discussion of any items not on the agenda. The DASG Senate may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed. (California Government Code §54954.3).

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Advisor Announcements

• Hyon Chu: We have Panera Bread tonight including Mac & Cheese; Break at around 6:15 PM. 10th Annual Queer & Now Conference; May 1, 2024 in Conference Rooms A & B at 10 AM. 
• Maritza: Still catching up on emails; Queer & Now Conference; May 1, 2024; if you are going through the election process, attending the conference wil help fulfill those requirements. If you were at the Exec training on Friday, I will be sending out the documents I promised and I appreciate your patience. For the most part, you have the information for your checklist. Be sure to have the 1 n1s with the departing executives! Looking forward to working with the group next Friday and good luck with elections. 
• Dayna: Flea Market on Saturday on May 4th, Hachi Market Theme in Row T; Rain or shine!

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Senate Announcements

• Matthew: VIDA and DASG partner to run the student leadership award, any student at De Anza that has shown leadership (does not have to be in DASG, you can be in clubs and/or organizations on campus) you may nominate yourself and/or someone else. Check the Discord with the link to the form as well as the URL. All recipients of the award are invited to the leadership recognition gala on June 5th. Please send in any nominations by May 15th. If any questions, feel free to talk to me. 
• Jason: For the first years, DASG and Mentors are putting together an event on Friday in S55 in the Villages. 
• Asiya: Be objective when selecting candidates; make sure to contribute during the deliberation; avoid making assumptions about candidates such as time committments; all in a position to learn more about the position; avoid being repetitive; Feel free to bring up any interactions that you have outside of DASG for candidates; don't act surprised/annoyed when conversations get extended; during deliberation be active in conversation; avoid voting by role call. 
• For Internal Positions, there are 5 positions open; next week will be the last session. 

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Student Trustee Announcements

• Javier: Board meeting is on Monday, hope to see you all there! Flea Market on Saturday, May 4th! 

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External Shared Governance Committee Reports

• Leondre: Updates in meditation room and updates on the demolition of the Flint Center. Working on revamping the DASG lounge. 
• Curriculum Committee (Javin Ku): Curriculum Commitee - discussed revising 3 different courses. 
• Academic Senate (Ian Ang): Working with Daniel Acosta to have Daniel Acosta to speak about tasers being used. 
• Asiya: Clarity on tasers (adding on from Ian Ang) trying to opt for more expensive tasers; the time when lethal incidents happened is when the tasers were low quality/malfunctioned. Chief would not move forward with it if not needed. 
• Kate Wang (RAPP): Discussed hiring positions 
• Lydia Wong (Campus Advisory): 50/50 split both campuses on presentation on Title 9 and different modalities. 

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Internal DASG Committee Reports

• Administration met and talked about elections. 
• Programs met and discussed ES project; Flea Market is this Saturday (Hachi Market) Club performances will take place. ICC /Active Minds and discussed Carnival. 
• SRE did not meet but working on Resource Fair event on Thursday, May 9, 2024
• Marketing: Carnival, Resource Fair, Merchandise in progress. 
• Nicholas: Finance met on monday; finished presentation for board of trustees meeting. 
• Joel: (ICC) Two new officers for Chair of Club Affairs and Chair of Finance. 

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Consent Calendar

• Virinchi moved to approve the consent calendar. 
• Chris seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Business Item 1

• Leondre Lee, Reeya Randhawa and Chun Ho Li presented the item. 
• Link to view slides
• Virinchi moved to approve $10,000 for the DASG/ICC/ASFC Carnival Event. 
• Javin Ku seconded the motion, no objections. 

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Business Item 2

2024–2025 DASG Internal Officer Elections

Student Rights Officer

• All candidates gave a 1 min and 30 second introduction. Followed by a 10 group Q&A discussion and lastly a 10 minute private discussion. 

• Virinchi moved to extend discussion by 7 minutes. 
• Seconded by Megan, no objections. 
• Katelyn moved to end discussion. 
• Virinchi seconded the motion, no objections.  

• Katelyn motioned to end debate. 
• Jason seconded the motion, no objections. 

2024-2025 Student Rights Officer Votes
Candidate	# of Votes	Voters
Bryan Hernandez Cruz	5	Asiya Shaikh Daniela Rios Hannah Rabbani Matthew Fernandes  Katia Bravo
Joshua Huang	3	Anish Shamarao Nicholas Turangab Jason Tandiary
Ryan Chu	23	Isaac Tsang Javin Ku Leondré Lee Arucan ozturk Katelyn Khieu Eddie nam Shiqi Wang iris li Benjamin Furagganan Chun Ho Li Ian Ang Luca Paliska Virinchi Kuppa Adrian Sedgwick  Ted Naung Michi Ozaki Joel Ng Reeya Randhawa  Aditya Sharma kate wang Christopher Blu Lopez Javier Gomez Tagle Megan Cheng Jannah Sheriff
The new 2024-2025 DASG Student Rights Officer is Ryan Chu.

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Elections Commissioner

• All candidates gave a 1 min and 30 second introduction. Followed by a 10 group Q&A discussion and lastly a 10 minute private discussion. 

2024-2025 Elections Commissioner Position Votes
Candidate	# of Votes	Voters
Arhaam Azhari	1	Michi Ozaki
Thomas Cheung	1	Benjamin Furagganan
Wadi Lin Lei	24	Javin Ku Isaac Tsang Leondré Lee iris Javier Gomez Tagle Jason Tandiary  veronica hon Reeya Randhawa Chun Ho Li kate wang Katelyn Khieu Arucan ozturk Jannah Sheriff  Ted Naung Ian Ang Nicholas Turangan Adrian Anish Shamarao Eddie nam Matthew Fernandes  Asiya Shaikh Megan Cheng Christopher Blu Lopez Joel Ng
Abstain	5	Virinchi Kuppa Shiqi Wang Luca Paliska Aditya Sharma Katia Bravo
Wadi Lin Lei is the 2024-2025 Elections Commissioner.

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Legislative Affairs Liasion

• All candidates gave a 1 min and 30 second introduction. Followed by a 10 group Q&A discussion and lastly a 10 minute private discussion. 
• Chris moved to extend discussion by 2 minutes.
• Seconded by Javin, no objections. 
• Matthew moved to extend discussion by 3 minutes
• Seconded by Virinichi, no objections. 
• Ted moved to extend discussion by 3 minutes.
• Virinchi seconded the motion, no objections.

2024-2025 Legislative Affairs Liasion Votes
Candidate	# of Votes	Voters
Eddie Nam	26	Virinchi Kuppa Leondré Lee Arucan ozturk Chun Ho Li Katelyn Khieu Aditya Sharma Javin Ku Reeya Randhawa Adrian Sedgwick  Ian Ang Daniela Rios Joel Ng Luca Paliska Shiqi Wang iris Nicholas Turangan Benjamin Furagganan Anish Shamarao Michi Ozaki Asiya shaikh Isaac Tsang Megan Cheng veronica Matthew Fernandes  Jason Tandiary  Christopher Blu Lopez
Kaung Lett Yhone	4	Katia Bravo Javier Gomez Tagle Ted Naung Jannah Sheriff
Shlok Goel	0	N/A
Abstain	2	Kate Wang Hannah Rabbani
Eddie Nam is the 2024-2025 Legislative Affairs Liaison.

• Intermission for 20 minutes 

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Public Relations Officer

• All candidates gave a 1 min and 30 second introduction. Followed by a 10 group Q&A discussion and lastly a 10 minute private discussion. 
• Virinchi moved to extend the discussion by 10 minutes.
• Joel seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Katelyn moved to extend the discussion by 5 minutes.
• Virinchi seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Chris moved to extend the discussion by 10 minutes.
• Seconded by Matthew, no objections. 
• Virinchi moved to extend the discussion by 3 minutes. 
• Matthew seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Virinchi moved to end discussion. 
• Adrian seconded the motion, no objections. 
• Virinchi moved to extend discussion by 5 minutes. 
• Chun Ho seconded, no objections. 

2024-2025 Public Relations Officer Votes
Candidate	# of Votes	Voters
Allen Tran	0	N/A
Ann Penalosa	0	N/A
Edenn Le	0	N/A
Fatima Zehra Shaikh	27	Javier Gomez Tagle Luca Paliska Aditya Sharma Megan Cheng Jannah Sheriff  Katelyn Khieu Virinchi Kuppa iris kate wang Jason Tandiary Reeya Randhawa Arucan ozturk Adrian Chun Ho Li Michi Ozaki Benjamin Furagganan Matthew Fernandes  Javin Ku Ian Ang Christopher Blu Lopez Asiya Shaikh Eddie nam Shiqi Wang Nicholas Turangan Katia Bravo  veronica Ted Naung
Gage Rodriguez	0	N/A
Krishnaveni Sumesh	5	Javier Gomez Tagle Luca Paliska Aditya Sharma Megan Cheng Jannah Sheriff
Liu Kunpeng	0	N/A
Hoa Van	20	Iris Li Kate Wang Jason Tandiary Reeya Randhawa Arucan Ozturk Adrian Sedgwick Chun Ho Li Michi Ozaki Benjamin Furagganan Matthew Fernandes  Javin Ku Ian Ang Christopher Blu Lopez Asiya Shaikh Eddie Nam Shiqi Wang Nicholas Turangan Katia Bravo  Veronica Hon Ted Naung
Abstain (1)	0	N/A
Abstain (2)	2	Katelyn Khieu Virinchi Kuppa
Fatima Shaikh and Hoa Van are the 2024-2025 Public Relations Officers.

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Social Media Officer

• All candidates gave a 1 min and 30 second introduction. Followed by a 10 group Q&A discussion and lastly a 10 minute private discussion. 

• Virinchi moved to end discussion. 
• Katelyn seconded the motion, no objections. 

2024-2025 Social Media Officer Votes
Candidate	# of Votes	Voters
Javin Ku	25	Chun Ho Li Eddie nam Reeya Randhawa Katelyn Khieu Jason Tandiary  Iris Li Aditya Sharma Michi Ozaki Kate Wang Ian Ang Shiqi Wang Javier Gomez Tagle Isaac Tsang Matthew Fernandes Christopher Blu Lopez Veronica Hon Luca Paliska Arucan Ozturk Virinchi Kuppa Nicholas Turangan Ted Naung Adrian Sedgwick  Joel Ng Asiya Shaikh Katia Bravo
Victor Pham	24	Eddie nam Reeya Randhawa Katelyn Khieu Jason Tandiary  iris Aditya Sharma Michi Ozaki kate wang Ian Ang Shiqi Wang Javier Gomez Tagle Isaac Tsang Matthew Fernandes Christopher Blu Lopez veronica Luca Paliska Arucan ozturk Virinchi Kuppa Nicholas Turangan Ted Naung Adrian Sedgwick  Joel Ng Asiya Shaikh Jannah Sheriff
Audrey Lee	0	N/A
Alan Flores	0	N/A
Abbygail Nogot	2	Katia Bravo Jannah
Abstain (1)	1	Benjamin Furagganan
Abstain (2)	2	Benjamin Furagganan, Chun Ho Li
Javin Ku and Victor Pham are the 2024-2025 Social Media Officers.

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Public Comments 

• None

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Advisor Announcements

• None

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Introduction and Approval of Prospective Senators

• Fatima Zehra Shaikh #2
• Veronica Hon #2
• Aditya Sharma #2
• Luca Paliska #2
• Hoa Nhan Van #1
• Arucan Ozturk #3
• Michi Ozaki #2
• Victor Pham #2
• Ryan Chu #2
• Iris Li #2
• Phoebe Wang #3

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Adjournment 

• Lydia Wong adjourned the meeting at 8:17 PM.